tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post4653255145930671130..comments2023-10-01T09:22:37.695-07:00Comments on Economists for Obama: McGame Theory Part II - Introductory Palin LevelDon Pedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15438565798505041042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-5220490855620113922008-09-15T16:15:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:15:00.000-07:00Yes.Not to be snarky—oh, all right, to be snarky—w...Yes.<BR/><BR/>Not to be snarky—oh, all right, to be snarky—when the eldest children becomes a couplet from your opponent's theme song ("Got in a little hometown jam/So they put a rifle in my hand") and the next-eldest makes Jamie-Lynn Spears look like the model of responsible parenting, your management style may be questionable.<BR/><BR/>But, of course, that has <STRONG><EM>nothing</EM></STRONG> to do with how you would act as the Commander-in-Chief of the largest, most heavily weaponed, standing Army in the world.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-45422305138369471572008-09-13T11:32:00.000-07:002008-09-13T11:32:00.000-07:00I was wondering how the game theory matrix (?) wou...I was wondering how the game theory matrix (?) would look for Saddam Hussein's calculated pretense that he had weapons of mass destruction when he didn't. It seemed sort of obvious to me even at the time why he would want to pretend this (although apparently never occurred to Rice et al), but otoh, was a huge miscalculation in terms of the US actually following through on the attack. Does this suggest we were crazier than he thought?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com